Broken Axle

KJWildman · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:04 pm

I went up to Silver Lake Sand Dunes in MI, a couple weeks ago and had a blast! Maybe too much. While going up a dune my KJ hit what I will call a step and after the front end cleared, when the back hit the top of the step it actually kind of kicked the front end down into the sand and the fr ont grabbed major traction and all I heard was what I thought was the transfer case coming apart. Naturally at that point with only two whwwl drive in the sand I BURIED the booty end. After I got it out and back to the campground I figured out that it was in the front end not the xfer case. I could have tried to drive it home, but 260 miles was a bit far with the noise it was making, so it's in a shop up there getting new axles. The splines twisted right off, smooth as a baby's , well you get the picture. Are there heavier duty units available and if so where? Thanks for any help

jsc7002 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:45 pm

lol not without spending about $10,000 for a SFA

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:17 pm

splines twisted off the axles??? man you must of had some torque on them for sure?

Also see its your first post welcome, I am in Toledo as well, look me up some time, only KJ around lifted with an ARB bumper in the area :wink:

suprised you did not blow the front diff!

Tom

bugnout · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:25 pm

That is a major surprise, twisted the spines right off the axle :shock:

Both sides? or just the right side? I would have thought the diff would go first, but If you buried both wheels at the same time, the torque was probably evenly divided.

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:53 pm

really would like to hear more on how you did it for sure, I can't remember anyone else doing that trick yet! :lol:

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:31 pm

.....Tom, when you find out how he did it, you can try to duplicate it, and then post pics of the aftermath for all of us to see. :lol:

tommudd · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:35 pm

KJ04 wrote:

:idea: .....Tom, when you find out how he did it, you can try to duplicate it, and then post pics of the aftermath for all of us to see.

well I do have an extra front diff with everything in the garage and another one on the way, so will have spares for testing. :twisted:

Thinking I may need to mount some cameras underneath to cover anything external, internally we may have to just get aftermath pictures :wink:

now off to Silver Lake Dunes for testing

doing it for the good of everyone here

yeah right

KJ04 · **Posted:** Sat Aug 23, 2008 8:41 pm

Jolly good of you, ole chap :!:

KJWildman · **Posted:** Sun Aug 24, 2008 11:58 am

Thanks for the responses, Since I don't have an extra 10 or 15k laying around I guess I'm just going to have to leave a quarter inch of daylight between the gas pedal and the floor. :lol:

Yes I sure had some torque on them. The front end came down square and dug in hard. Tom, let me know when you get the cameras mounted, I'm going back up in a couple weeks to pick it up. We'll have to test it out

Jeep Dawg · **Posted:** Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:27 am

tommudd wrote:

really would like to hear more on how you did it for sure, I can't remember anyone else doing that trick yet! :lol:

GOTTA SAY, this guy beat my axle problems. LOL

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